All Law Gazette articles in 10 April 2017
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News
Free2Convey passes 1,000 user mark
Online conveyancing portal Free2Convey has announced it now has more than 1,000 registered users. The portal provides free, real-time access to chain status information.
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FeatureTaking account of dishonesty
Fraud and fresh evidence were factors in a recent High Court decision
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NewsFee setback adds to lord chancellor’s woes
Highly critical report accused Liz Truss of ‘overstepping her powers’.
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NewsWho ate all the pies?
Obiter can forgive the shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon a little preening when he was recognised by a friendly constituent while doing the weekly shop at his local supermarket, Tesco in Seacroft, Leeds. In a tweet reflecting on the encounter, the man-of-the-people and loyal Corbynista concluded that what’s ‘genuinely wrong ...
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NewsSRA ‘breached confidence rules’, solicitor alleges
Solicitor accuses the regulator of failing to exercise reasonable care to preserve confidential information.
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ProfileMuslim youth worker wrongly arrested
Attiq Malik is a solicitor-advocate and director at Liberty Law Solicitors, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.
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NewsAssault with a deadly melon
Classic tales of first days in the law continue to roll in. Alan Oakley of Burgess Hill writes: ‘I was sent to a grocer’s shop to serve a writ. I was told to look through the door first and make sure he was behind the counter because he had a ...
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News
Kathryn Bishop first chair of Welsh Revenue Authority
With one year to go until stamp duty land tax is replaced in Wales by the land transaction tax, the devolved government confirmed the appointment of Kathryn Bishop as first chair of the Welsh Revenue Authority. The body will be operational from April 2018. Bishop has overn 30 years’ experience ...
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NewsJust browsing
Will we ever find out what the five most popular websites at the Attorney General’s Office were? While Obiter was eager to learn about the browsing habits at legal departments, we were disappointed to find that the AGO’s ‘history’ will remain a mystery. ‘The Attorney General’s Office has recently changed ...
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Opinion
Chancery pain
I am a civil litigator whose work rarely takes me to the Chancery Division of the High Court.
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OpinionChanging course on the SQE
Encouraging people from diverse backgrounds to become solicitors has long been a priority for the Law Society.
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FeatureJackson: Civil unrest
Four years on, practitioners assess the impact of Jackson LJ’s civil litigation reforms and assess the need for further reform.
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NewsNews focus: Councils in need of counselling
Local government lawyers gathered for their annual weekend school shared tips on coping with unprecedented budget cuts – and the post-Brexit loss of European grant funding
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Opinion
Online divorce
At the beginning of March, I was invited to the Ministry of Justice for a workshop explaining more about the online divorce project from HMCTS. I joined representatives from the Law Society, Resolution and the bar.
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ProfileInterview: Robert Elliott, Linklaters
‘This sucker could go down!’ George W Bush said during the global financial crisis. Robert Elliott – on his way to the top at City behemoth Linklaters – could see that for himself, hears Paul Rogerson
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Opinion
Justice is not a feminist issue
Prison does not work for anyone, woman or man. The criminal justice system needs to be rethought for everyone
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Opinion
Let’s get a life
I completely empathise with John Greenwood’s concern over the pressure and ennui of a solicitor’s practice (letters, 3 April). What I cannot agree with is his solution of taking on, for example, the duties of a deputy district judge or a recorder as ‘a chance to get away from the ...
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FeatureKatie Hopkins and serious harm
On 10 March Mr Justice Warby handed down judgment in Monroe v Hopkins, finding for the claimant and awarding £24,000 in damages for the publication of two defamatory tweets.
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OpinionPassing the test on terror
Terrorism legislation creates great tension between security and human rights, but we got the balance right.